Clinical

This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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3 U.S. airports now offer CPR training kiosks

Three airports around the U.S. have joined an American Heart Association initiative to provide hands-only CPR training kiosks for passengers waiting for flights.

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AAP advises pediatricians to examine cardiometabolic risk factors when treating child obesity

In an effort to address the growing number of overweight and obese children in the U.S., the American Academy of Pediatrics, (AAP) is now recommending that pediatricians turn their attention to cardiometabolic risk factors associated with the condition.

Even minor weight gain could cause heart failure

Physicians have long warned patients against gaining significant weight, telling them that too much could cause cardiovascular disease. But new research shows that even a little weight, as little as 5 percent, could make a difference in one’s heart health.

First issue of Structural Heart: The Journal of the Heart Team is now available

NEW YORK - July 21, 2017 -The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is pleased to announce that the first issue of Structural Heart: The Journal of the Heart Team is now available online.

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TAVR costs continue to rise while SAVR prices decline

Though the cost of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is decreasing, costs for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are rapidly growing, according to a new report from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dog beats the odds—and congenital heart defect—thanks to Illinois vets

Modern medicine has gone to all lengths to identify and correct congenital heart defects. One little dog in Thailand went halfway around the world to get her ticker fixed.

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A healthy heart could lead to a healthier brain later in life

Maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle in young adulthood could help prevent brain shrinkage decades later, according to a new study by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Could exercise take a toll on the heart?

A new article in The New York Times poses evidence from two major studies that engaging in intense exercise over time can cause heart disease.

Around the web

Several key trends were evident at the Radiological Society of North America 2024 meeting, including new CT and MR technology and evolving adoption of artificial intelligence.

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.